In the framework of the Official Development Cooperation Programme between the Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Slovenia, workshops for capacity building of the regional development were held in Macedonia between 16 and 18 of December 2014.
In the first part of the workshops opened by State Secretary at the Ministry of Local Self-Government Biljana Cvetanovska Gugoska, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the Republic of Macedonia Branko Rakovec and CEP Programme Director Andreja Dolničar Jeraj, national and regional level determined and exchanged experience with Slovene experts on status of absorption of IPA funds, lessons learned, reasons for current trend as well as potentials and solutions for improvements and further progress. Participants had the chance to exchange the experience with the representative of the Slovenian national level Marjana Dermelj on coordination of programming of operative programme, with director of regional development agency Kranj on functioning and role of regional level in programming and implementation of projects, and with head of infrastructure projects and investment of municipality Kočevje they "stepped into the shoes" of municipalities. Participants agreed that adequate progress of the country can be reached if it is able to unify development goals and that this can be attained by coordinative and constructive dialog between all stakeholders.
Stakeholders on all levels (national, regional and local) have each important role in relation to the common goals, firstly in the crucial, development phase and afterwards also in the implementation of the strategy.
In the second part of the workshops, intended for local level, special attentional raised the issue of (co)financing of projects with generated saving (the example of energy-efficient refurbishment of buildings in public ownership) and examples of public-private partnership.
The project is part of the CEP programme activities funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia with funds for international development cooperation.
Slovenske izkušnje za regionalni razvoj Makeodnije
V okviru programa razvojnega sodelovanja med Republiko Slovenijo in Republiko Makedonijo so med 16. In 18.12.2014 v Makedoniji potekale delavnice krepitve zmogljivosti na področju regionalnega razvoja.
V prvem delu delavnic, ki so jih odprli državna sekretarka Ministrstva za lokalno samoupravo R. Makedonije Biljana Cvetanovska Gugoska, veleposlanik R. Slovenije v R. Makedoniji Branko Rakovec in programska direktorica CEP Andreja Dolničar Jeraj, sta nacionalna in regionalna raven ugotavljali in izmenjevali izkušnje s predstavnki Slovenije o statusu črpanja IPA sredstev, dosedanjih izkušnjah, vzrokih za trenutni trend črpanja in možnostih za izboljšave. S predstavnico slovenske nacionalne ravni Marjano Dermelj so udeleženci imeli možnost izmenjevati izkušnje na področju koordinacije programiranja operativnega programa, z direktorjem Regionalne razvojne agencije Kranj Bogomirjem Filipičem o delovanju in pomenu regionalne ravni pri programiranju in izvajanju projektov, z vodjo oddelka za okolje in prostor v občini Kočevje pa so »stopili v škornje« občin. Udeleženci so se strinjali, da je ustrezen napredek države mogoče doseči, če se zna poenotiti v tem, da opredeli skupne razvojne cilje in da je to mogoče doseči skozi koordiniran in konstruktiven dialog med različnimi deležniki.
Deležniki na vseh ravneh (nacionalnem, regionalnem in lokalnem) imajo skupen cilj in na svojih področjih pomembno prispevajo, najprej k oblikovanju in potem k uresničevanju te strategije.
V drugem delu delavnice, namenjene lokalni ravni, je posebno zanimanje bilo deležno vprašanje (so)financiranja projektov iz prihrankov (primer energetske sanacije zgradb v javnem lastništvu) in javno-zasebno partnerstvo.
Projekt je del programskih aktivnosti CEP, ki jih financira Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve iz sredstev za mednarodno razvojno sodelovanje.